Bollywood Hungama wrote "Apoorv Singh Karki's direction is first-rate.Read at source
Sirf Ek Bandaa Kaafi Hai 2023 
Synopsis
Sirf Ek Bandaa Kaafi Hai
Sirf Ek Bandaa Kaafi Hai (transl. Just One Common Man is Enough), or simply Bandaa (transl. Common Man), is a 2023 Indian Hindi-language legal drama film directed by Apoorv Singh Karki and co-produced by Zee Studios and Bhanushali Studios. The film stars Manoj Bajpayee, Adrija Sinha, and Surya Mohan Kulshrestha. It is inspired by a five-year long fight by a sessions court lawyer Adv. P. C. Solanki. The plot is based on the trial of Asaram for the rape of a 16-year old girl from Shahjahanpur, Uttar Pradesh, on 15 August 2013.
- Director
- Apoorva Singh Karki
- Release
- 23 May 2023
- Studio
- Zee Studios, ZEE5
- Run time
- 132 min
- Language
- Hindi
Reviews
10 Indian-media reviews, grouped by reception.
Critics' consensus
Generally Positive
Critics' aggregate for Sirf Ek Bandaa Kaafi Hai is 70/100 from India Today and Rediff and The Times (India).
Synthesized by AI (gpt-5-codex-omdb-enricher) from 11 source-backed reviews — verify against the linked sources.Common praise
- performances
- writing
Positive 10
A critic from Firstpost wrote "One of the best scenes of Sirf Ek Bandaa Kaafi Hai is when Solanki (Manoj Bajpayee) tries to convince the minor girl on the terrace to fight against the god-man and not be scared.Read at source
Grace Cyril for India Today rated the movie 3 stars out of 5 and wrote "With a narrative so sensitive, the screenplay has been handled with the utmost care.Read at source
Mint Lounge wrote " Sirf Ek Bandaa Kaafi Hai review: Unlovely and uncomplicated.Read at source
Pinkvilla wrote "The courtroom drama deals with the subject matter in a very delicate and sensitive way.Read at source
Deepa Gahlot for Rediff.com rated the film 3.5 stars out of 5 and wrote "Karki deftly balances the emotions of hope and despair and at one level, the film makes the audience feel good, that Nu and Solanki's battle was not in vain."Read at source
Scroll.in praised Manoj Bajpayee's performance and wrote "The title gives a fair warning.Read at source
The Hindu wrote "Despite a pumped-up narrative style, the film looks realistic, shot in life-size courtrooms and streets.Read at source
A critic from The Quint wrote "In focusing on the ek bandaa (one man) at the centre of the courtroom drama, we see little of the stories bubbling around him.Read at source
The Times of India rated the movie 4 stars out of 5 and wrote "The movie, where only Advocate Solanki's name remains unchanged, while other characters are given screen names, handles the narrative with great sensitivity, even in the scenes when the defence asks Nu pointed questions about the incident or how mindfully the police handle the case.Read at source
Media & trailers
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Details
Soundtrack
- Bandaa Title Track Vivek Hariharan, Roy, Enkore
- Sahara Tu Mera Asees Kaur, Sangeet-Siddharth
- Bandeya Sonu Nigam
Technical specs
- Release date
- 23 May 2023
- Run time
- 132 min
- Language
- Hindi
- Country
- IN
- Director
- Apoorva Singh Karki
- Studio
- Zee Studios, ZEE5
- Distributor
- ZEE5
Trivia
- The film stars Manoj Bajpayee, Adrija Sinha, and Surya Mohan Kulshrestha.
- Principal photography began in October 2022 and concluded in December 2022.
- The film was primarily shot in Mumbai.
- At the 2023 Filmfare OTT Awards, the film won 5 awards including Best Web Original Film and Best Actor in a Web Original Film for Bajpayee.
- At the 71st National Film Awards, the film won Best Dialogue.
- Advocate P. C. Solanki filed a case against the producers, alleging a violation of his intellectual property rights.
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